Before (end of 1982) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 19 · Labour 8 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Other 0
After (end of 1983) (33 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 17 · Labour 11 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 5 · Other 0
Ward results
Barnwood1 seat · turnout 45.9%
| A. Hartshorne | Conservative | 1,818 |
| J. Morgan | Labour | 1,329 |
| C. Cole | Lib/Sdp | 545 |
Barton1 seat · turnout 42.7%
| D. Cosstick | Labour | 1,137 |
| H. Lane | Conservative | 970 |
| J. Holmes | Lib/Sdp | 328 |
Hucclecote1 seat · turnout 55.5%
| T. Wathen | Conservative | 1,630 |
| A. Cox | Lib/Sdp | 1,266 |
| K. Mills | Labour | 562 |
Kingsholm1 seat · turnout 59.0%
| E. Ede | Conservative | 1,271 ✓ |
| J. Warlow | Lib/Sdp | 1,151 |
| J. Kirby | Labour | 600 |
| R. Langston | Ind Con | 472 |
Linden1 seat · turnout 47.6%
| K. Lee | Labour | 1,053 |
| B. Grimshaw | Conservative | 924 |
| G. Martin | Lib/Sdp | 796 |
Longlevens1 seat · turnout 57.2%
| N. Partridge | Conservative | 1,843 |
| T. Sherwood | Labour | 868 |
| M. Butler | Lib/Sdp | 822 |
Matson1 seat · turnout 36.7%
| K. Stephens | Labour | 1,263 |
| J. Bracey | Conservative | 733 |
| H. James | Lib/Sdp | 388 |
Podsmead1 seat · turnout 51.4%
| D. Halford | Lib/Sdp | 1,923 |
| F. Stephens | Conservative | 557 |
| R. Thomas | Labour | 546 |
Tuffley1 seat · turnout 53.4%
| T. Phillips | Conservative | 1,378 |
| R. Smith | Labour | 1,314 |
| S. O'Connor | Lib/Sdp | 497 |
Westgate1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| F. Wilton | Conservative | 1,074 |
| R. Welshman | Lib/Sdp | 863 |
| F. Stevens | Labour | 492 |
